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Books and articles by Robert Simpson

Note: If you know of any additional books and articles by Simpson, please send me E-MAIL at andyjackson0@yahoo.com (include "Simpson" in the header).

"The Seventh Symphony of Bruckner: An Analysis", R. Simpson, Music Review (1947): 178-187.

"Carl Nielsen: Symphonist", R. Simpson, 1952, (revised 1979). Taplinger Publishing Co. New York (1986), and Cahn and Avrill, London (1986).

"Ianus Germinus: Music in Scandinavia", R. Simpson (1960), in "Twentieth Century Music - an International Symposium of Essays on Current Trends in Music", Ed. R. Meyers. Calder (1960), and Calder and Boyers (1968).

"Bruckner and the Symphony", R. Simpson (1963). British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England (1963).

"Sibelius and Nielsen: a Centenary Essay", R. Simpson (1965). British Broadcasting Corporation, London (1965).

"The Essence of Bruckner : An Essay Towards the Understanding of his Music", R. Simpson (1966). Gollancz, London, England (1967).

"Beethoven Symphonies", R. Simpson (1970). A BBC Music Guide, BBC, England (1971), and Seattle, University of Washington Press, USA (1971).

"The Symphony" (Two Volumes), R. Simpson (Ed.). Penguin Books Ltd, Middlesex England (1975).

Forward to: "Beethoven, Sibelius and the 'Profound Logic': Studies in Symphonic Analysis", by Lionel Pike, London [Atlantic Highlands,] NJ: Athlone Press; distributed in the USA by Humanities Press, (1978).


 

"The Proms and Natural Justice, a Plan for Renewal", R. Simpson, with a forward by Sir Adrian Boult (1980). Toccata Press, London (1981).

"Beethoven Concertos", R. Simpson, in "A Guide to the Concerto", Edited by Robert Layton. Helm, England (1988).

"Simpson on Beethoven", Essays, lectures and talks by R. Simpson selected and edited by Lionel Pike (ISBN 0 9528155 0 8, published privately by Dr. Pike's Aardvark Publishing).

"Carl Nielsen Now: A Personal View", R. Simpson, in "The Nielsen Companion", Edited by Mina Miller. Amadeus Press, Portland, Oregon U.S.A. (1995).

Forward to: "Experiencing Music" (Musicians on Music No. 5), by Vagn Holmboe, edited and translated by Paul Rapoport, Toccata Press, London.

"Carl Nielsen: A Life in 6 Symphonies", S. Rattle and R. Simpson (with Musical Examples played by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rattle), BBC videocassette.  The only information I have on this video came from a now defunct webpage at the Dutch Media Center for Language and Culture. If anyone knows any further details, please send me email at andyjackson0@yahoo.com (include "Simpson" in the header).

Program Notes for the Vanbrugh Quartet's Beethoven String Quartet cycle.

Simpson's notes on Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge can be found in the booklet for the Deme Quartet's recording (on Hyperion Records) of his own arrangement of the pieces.


 

A series of books containing Simpson's music criticism, to be edited by Lionel Pike, is being planned by Lionel Pike and Toccata Press.

"More Reflections (After Composition)", R. Simpson, Tempo No 144.

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